Math crops up in everyday activities in so many ways. You can help preschoolers see math in the petals of a flower, the shape of a window, the bounce of a ball, the growth of a plant, and the repetition of a song. Instead of teaching math to preschoolers, you can be their guide as they experiment, think about problems, try solutions, gain understanding, and discuss their findings. Creative Investigations in Early Mathgives teachers practical ideas for intentionally fostering young children's hands-on explorations in the following areas:

Number and number sense

Computation

Geometry and spatial sense

Measurement

Data collection and statistics

Patterns and relationships

With your guidance, preschoolers can figure out how the world of mathematics works and how math works in their world.

Created by Occupational Therapists and classroom teachers, these books feature easy-to-use worksheets with a wealth of activities to improve spatial, perceptual and motor skills plus developmental milestones that can be used for planning and assessment.

Created by Occupational Therapists and classroom teachers, these books feature easy-to-use worksheets with a wealth of activities to improve spatial, perceptual and motor skills plus developmental milestones that can be used for planning and assessment.

Promote fine-motor development for special-education students in pre-kindergarten–grade 1 using Fine Motor Fun!

This 160-page resource book is packed with suggestions and reproducible activities that strengthen fine motor and visual perception skills.

An excellent tool for helping children with Dysgraphia, Perceptual Motor Difficulties, and Developmental Coordination Disorders, this book includes hundreds of developmentally age-appropriate activities such as:

scissors skills

lacing cards

stencils

finger plays

stringing activities

dot-to-dots

tracing

finish-the-picture activities

mazes

tactile and first-pencil experiences

This book supports NCTE and NAEYC standards.

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”

Preschoolers have a sense of wonder about so many aspects of their world. They enjoy demonstrating their knowledge to others, and they are challenged to use their brains in fascinating new ways every day. Whether they are making clay figures, rolling cars down ramps, experimenting with writing, or exploring nature, they are expanding their mental horizons constantly. Cognitive Development of Three- and Four-Year-Olds will help you understand typical milestones children tend to reach during the preschool years as they develop their ability to think, understand, and solve problems. As you examine classroom scenarios, you will gain insight into various ways young children express their developing cognitive skills and some challenges that tend to occur. You will also learn strategies for supporting and nurturing children's cognitive growth, especially in the following areas:

Believing in magical thinking

Expressing a sense of curiosity

Understanding time concepts

Developing spatial awareness

Practicing problem solving

Exploring creativity through art

Developing mathematical thinking

Investigating science questions

Exploring the writing process

Developing emergent reading skills

By guiding children to think creatively and critically, you will help them gain confidence and competence.

Whether you see a preschooler laughing or crying, hugging or tugging on a playmate, taking risks or seeking comfort from an adult, you know that they are developing their emotional skills and growing up in so many ways every day. And they need your help! Emotional Development of Three- and Four-Year-Oldsshares common milestones and typical scenarios to help you recognize various ways that preschoolers express their feelings and interact with others. You will also learn strategies for supporting and nurturing their growth, especially in situations involving the following types of emotional challenges and accomplishments:

Expressing kindness and empathy

Exerting independence

Managing shyness

Building confidence

Testing limits and taking risks

Expressing anger and frustration

Dealing with fears and anxieties

Sharing a sense of humor

Handling conflicts

Dealing with separation and loss

As you support preschoolers struggling to handle emotional challenges that occur during everyday interactions with adults and other children, you will help them learn the skills to navigate their emotional ups and downs in more positive ways.

Preschoolers tend to be social beings. Whether they are playing with dolls side by side, building block castles together, or rolling down hills with friends, most young children enjoy the company of others. Playing together comes naturally, but you can help them negotiate turn taking, learning how to mend hurt feelings, and practice communicating positively while they play. Social Development for Three- and Four-Year-Olds highlights the milestones children tend to reach during the preschool years as they develop socially. You will see classroom scenarios that can provide insights into some of the ways young children make social connections, express their preferences, and play together. You will also learn strategies for supporting and nurturing their growth, especially in situations involving the following types of social skills:

Forming friendships

Sharing and cooperating

Building a sense of happiness

Dealing with teasing

Playing in rough-and-tumble ways

Exploring diversity

Developing gender awareness

Listening actively

Building verbal communication skills

Using the imagination during play

As a guide and facilitator, you can share strategies that will help preschoolers learn to be cooperative team members and kind friends while having fun together.

Channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into a rich, positive learning experience with this toe-tapping program, featuring music by Greg & Steve. The concise, easy-to-follow lesson plans make teaching music enjoyable for the musical novice and expert alike. Written by Steven Traugh, each book includes two CDs featuring a total of over 30 fun songs. 64 pages each.

Music & Movement in the Classroom is a complete program of materials and teaching techniques designed to channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into productive learning experiences. The program features:

Step-by-step lesson plans to make the program enjoyable to teach for both the musical novice and expert

Activities that are easy to schedule into weekly lesson plans

Lessons that reinforce basic curriculum goals and standards

Multimodal learning opportunities (visual, kinesthetic, auditory)

Ideas to foster children's creativity and self-expression

Thirty fun activities and motivating music by Greg & Steve create the magic for this exciting music and movement program!

Channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into a rich, positive learning experience with this toe-tapping program, featuring music by Greg & Steve. The concise, easy-to-follow lesson plans make teaching music enjoyable for the musical novice and expert alike. Written by Steven Traugh, each book includes two CDs featuring a total of over 30 fun songs. 64 pages each.

Music & Movement in the Classroom is a complete program of materials and teaching techniques designed to channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into productive learning experiences. The program features:

Step-by-step lesson plans to make the program enjoyable to teach for both the musical novice and expert

Activities that are easy to schedule into weekly lesson plans

Lessons that reinforce basic curriculum goals and standards

Multimodal learning opportunities (visual, kinesthetic, auditory)

Ideas to foster children's creativity and self-expression

Thirty fun activities and motivating music by Greg & Steve create the magic for this exciting music and movement program!

Reinforce 12 key sight words with the flip of the wrist! Begin on page one, reading the repetitive sentence frame featuring the selected sight word. Then flip to page two for exerices encouraging students to recognize, spell, and write that word.

An interactive way to teach phonemic awareness, individual letter-sound relationships, the concept of a word, and key sight words.

Practice the words students see in sentences and texts, and use sight words to decode new words.